Stories

Date	#	Person	Story
20 August 2009	33888	Rifleman David Herculaas Wilters 4 South African Infantry Battalion · 1977-12-22	22 December 1977. David Wilters was serving on the Angolan border when the contact took place. He and the rest of his section of ten men were out on a standard ten day patrol in the Yati. He was stationed at Ombalantu a… — Steven Jansen
14 August 2009	29299	Rifleman Christo Badenhorst 1 South African Infantry Battalion · 1986-11-15	Baadie was tragically killed when the Caspir he was travelling in rolled on the road from Ombalantu to Ondangwa.I spoke with him the night before the accident. He was Bravo Coy, 1 Parachute Battalion. — RIP Baadie David Thompson
13 August 2009	20296	Lance Bombardier Thomas Frederick Hermanus Pieterse South African Artillery (Corps) · 1942-01-19	45779 L/Bdr T.F.H Pieterse 10 th Fieldbattery KIA on the 19 th January 1942 near Tobruk Gravenumber : 532 Tobruk Manie van Rensburg
11 August 2009	33796	Staff Sergeant David John Ward 101 Battalion · 1984-03-11	Dave was een van my en Kaggies se makkers. Ons was op daardie staduim spanserante op 101Bn se reaksiemag spanne. Ekkan nog onthou hoe ons een oggend ontplooi het en hy in sy erg engelse aksent geroep het saam met wie ry… — DJ Kruger
05 August 2009	27910	Air Mechanic Peter Wearne South African Air Force (Corps) · 1943-09-19	Regimental Number: 18345, 64 BTY Royal Field Artillery. Awards: Queens South Africa Medal Clasps: Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith. (feint ghost dates on reverse of medal). Rembered on the Royal Artillery Memorial, S… — Robert Kesterton
05 August 2009	24550	Corporal Swanepoel South African Corps of Military Police (Corps) · 1946-02-02	Regimental number: 28503 Gunner 69th Bty Royal Field Artillery. Died: 20-01-1900 Remembered on the Royal Artillery Memorial, Hyde Park, The Mall, London, England. Awards: Queen`s South Africa Meda Clasps: Talana, Defenc…
05 August 2009	24550	Corporal Swanepoel South African Corps of Military Police (Corps) · 1946-02-02	Memorial in St Jame`s Park not Hyde Park. — Robert Kesterton
01 August 2009	30071	Sergeant Pierre James Digue 4 South African Infantry Battalion · 1987-11-09	25 Years on..... the driver's platoon will be having a reunion in Bloemfontein 17/18 October 2009 and hope all that reads this info could possibly pass on this important information so that we can also toast to our belo… — CLINT MANN
28 July 2009	24116	Driver Isser Stern South African Service Corps (Corps) · 1918-12-01	I collect Military Medals especially 2nd Boer War (Royal Artillery and Royal Field Artillery) and have in my collection a Queens South Africa (Clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State) to the following: 2652 Bombadier/Whe… — Robert Kesterton
21 July 2009	32733	Rifleman Brian Alan Ross Rand Light Infantry · 1977-10-05	I was with Brian when he died. We were members of a patrol (10 guys) in charge of a few kilometers of the Yati. Days were spent laying claymores and burying animals that had walked into them. In our area of responsibili… — Bill Skelton
20 July 2009	31189	Rifleman Grant William Krull 1 Parachute Battalion · 1982-08-09	I just wanted to add a little note on here to say that more than 25 years after Grant's passing, I took my daughter who is now 12, to the SANDF memorial in Pretoria. I was just 6 years old when Grant passed away, and it… — Sandy
09 July 2009	33379	Rifleman Mark Felice Vallero 5 South African Infantry Battalion · 1970-09-13	Died in a Military Vehicle Accident, involving his section being transported in a Gladiator. There was a bad crash and fire, with the troops trapped in the rear. The army vehicle he was in collided head-on with a newspa…
09 July 2009	32381	Rifleman Gregory George Olyott 5 South African Infantry Battalion · 1970-09-13	Died in a Military Vehicle Accident, involving his section being transported in a Gladiator. There was a bad crash and fire, with the troops trapped in the rear. The army vehicle he was in collided head-on with a newspa…
09 July 2009	31464	Rifleman Kevin Eric MacK 5 South African Infantry Battalion · 1970-09-13	Died in a Military Vehicle Accident, involving his section being transported in a Gladiator. There was a bad crash and fire, with the troops trapped in the rear. The army vehicle he was in collided head-on with a newspa…
09 July 2009	31311	Rifleman Peter Alfons Ernst Leonhardt 5 South African Infantry Battalion · 1970-09-13	Died in a Military Vehicle Accident, involving his section being transported in a Gladiator. There was a bad crash and fire, with the troops trapped in the rear. The army vehicle he was in collided head-on with a newspa… — John Dovey
09 July 2009	31066	Rifleman Johannes Frederick Kies 5 South African Infantry Battalion · 1964-01-30	Died in freak accident, at Ladysmith, drowned Ralph McLean
09 July 2009	30540	Rifleman John Grinyer 5 South African Infantry Battalion · 1970-09-13	Died in a Military Vehicle Accident, involving his section being transported in a Gladiator. There was a bad crash and fire, with the troops trapped in the rear. The army vehicle he was in collided head-on with a newspa… — Ralph McLean
09 July 2009	30369	Rifleman Johannes Rudolf Fourie 5 South African Infantry Battalion · 1965-03-26	Died in shooting incident, at Ladysmith Ralph McLean
09 July 2009	30143	Rifleman Cornelius Michiel Du Plooy 5 South African Infantry Battalion · 1964-01-30	Died in a freak accident. — Drowned Ralph McLean
05 July 2009	2834	Sergeant William Brown 1st South African Infantry · 1916-10-18	I live in Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead, UK. We just celebrated, yesterday, the 50th anniversary of our houses. These were built on land adjoing the main house of Clarefield Court where Valerian Litkie, a diamond merchant… — JacQuie
02 July 2009	29386	Rifleman Harry Albert Bekker South African Commandos · 1976-08-26	Harry was killed on the border at RUNDU in SWA. His brother Charles was in the front vehicle and he in the second one. They detonated a land mine in the road and the second vehicle was blown up. 7 young white men, 2 col… — Ann Tiran
24 June 2009	30882	Air Corporal William Henry Johns South African Air Force · 1922-03-13	The tank was a Whippet that was brought back to the Union by the Air Force for fund collection but pressed into emergency service. This tank is still on display at SA Army College. — Johan Meyer
24 June 2009	29692	Captain William Warren Carey-Thomas South African Air Force (Corps) · 1922-03-10	Rand Revolt On Friday, 10 March 1922, a series of explosions signalled the advance of the Red commandos and an orgy of violence began. To quell this the Union Defence Force was called out, as well as the aircraft of the… — Johan Meyer
23 June 2009	35453	Inspector Louw 2006-10-20	Note by Major J. J. Hulme: Von Broembser, Trooper, Herschel Mounted Volunteers, Silver Spruit, 13/5/1879 Ref: Cape Archives; D. D. 1/10 Miscellaneous ; Report A G. Austen to H. Everitt, dated 14 May, 1879. — John Dovey
23 June 2009	35331	Gerald Jack Laing 1983-11-12	Note by Major J. J. Hulme: (Died of wounds received in action on 28 December, 1852, aged 27 years.) This information appears from a tombstone in the Old Cemetery at Bloemfontein. The nature of the hostilities is not sta… — John Dovey
23 June 2009	30157	Rifleman Barthlomeus Jacobus Du Toit Group 34 · 1983-01-06	B.J. — Du Toit ANSIE GRIESSEL
23 June 2009	30158	Second Lieutenant Charles Frederick Du Toit 1 Squadron · 1968-10-29	'The aircraft was doing a 1v1 exercise above cloud and while trying to outmanoeuvre the aircraft on his tail entered cloud with lots of bank on and did not recover. The other aircraft recovered to level visual flight an…
23 June 2009	29900	Rifleman Gerald Pereira Da Silva Group 34 · 1983-01-07	EEN VAN DIE 7 GOUDVELDERS
20 June 2009	46022	Burgher James Henry Albert. Katzkie Krugersdorp · 1900-02-27	James Henry Albert Katzke was born in King Williamstown, Cape Colony during March 1866. At the time of the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War he and his family were residing on the farm Misgegund, district Krugersdorp. On h… — Melanie McIntosh
19 June 2009	33418	Rifleman Jacobus Johannes Van Der Star 6 South African Infantry Battalion · 1980-02-04	Ek onthou die tydperk - dit was in die Nkongo gebied - weens baie hoe infiltrasie van Swapo in die gebied is heelwat versterkings daarheen gestuur. Verskeie eenhede het kom uithelp en latere oorgrensoperasies - voorlope…
19 June 2009	33167	Rifleman Christo Swanepoel 6 South African Infantry Battalion · 1980-02-06	Ek onthou die tydperk - dit was in die Nkongo gebied - weens baie hoe infiltrasie van Swapo in die gebied is heelwat versterkings daarheen gestuur. Verskeie eenhede het kom uithelp en latere oorgrensoperasies - voorlope…
19 June 2009	31621	Rifleman Jacobus Johannes Maritz 6 South African Infantry Battalion · 1980-02-04	Ek onthou die tydperk - dit was in die Nkongo gebied - weens baie hoe infiltrasie van Swapo in die gebied is heelwat versterkings daarheen gestuur. Verskeie eenhede het kom uithelp en latere oorgrensoperasies - voorlope…
19 June 2009	31392	Rifleman Michael Dereck Loubser 6 South African Infantry Battalion · 1980-02-04	Ek onthou die tydperk - dit was in die Nkongo gebied - weens baie hoe infiltrasie van Swapo in die gebied is heelwat versterkings daarheen gestuur. Verskeie eenhede het kom uithelp en latere oorgrensoperasies - voorlope…
19 June 2009	29958	Rifleman Pieter Jacobus De Beer 4 South African Infantry Battalion · 1980-08-22	I knew this person very well, he got killed in a ambush travelling from Eenhana to Oshakati, they were anbushed between Eenhana and Oshigambo, I still remeber this like yesterday, we were travelling from Oshakati to Een… — DRIES LIEBENBERG
11 June 2009	30174	Lance Corporal Pieter Gerhardus Viljoen Du Toit South African Medical Health Service (Corps) · 1988-04-18	Some more details on my Son, Pieter Gerhardus Viljoen Du Toit. Surname: Du Toit Initials: P. G. V. Rank: L/Cpl Date: 18 Apr 1988 Corps: SAMS, (not SA Army) Awards: Pro Patria and Southern African Medal (Posthumous) Year… — MS and Marienne du Toit
09 June 2009	29824	Rifleman Johannes Conga South West African Territory Force (Corps) · 1979-09-12	The Hotel California piece is that he wanted to learn English and I told him it meant Good Morning, he would greet everyone with a “Hotel California” in the mornings… "Hotel California - Koporal" etc.... — Ziggy Hentze
30 May 2009	20676	Private Willem Cornelius Pretorius 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles) · 1918-10-15	I believe that Emile Litkie is my grandfather. My father was one of two sons, his name being Roy Edward Litkie, living in Krugersdorp in the 1950s when I was born. I lost touch with him at an early age, so a huge chunk…
27 May 2009	32408	Lieutenant Nigel David Osborne 19 Squadron · 1979-09-06	Lt Nigel Osborne were also killed. I believe they were carrying ammunition and got hit by a RPG7. Unknown Unknown
25 May 2009	31182	Lance Corporal Ockert Petrus Kruger South African Armoured Corps (Corps) · 1982-01-20	If recall OP Kruger, had a twin, both were killed in a landmine blast back in 1982. I was in the same sqn with them. — Glen
20 May 2009	32843	Trooper Jan Jurgens Roets Schutte South African Armoured Corps (Corps) · 1978-08-23	Jan Jurgens Roets SCHUTTE, 16 Aug 1958 Springs - 23 Aug 1978 Katima Mulilo, seun van Stefanus Johannes Bester SCHUTTE en Johanna Susanna Maria VENTER. Hy is oorlede tydens die Grens-oorlog toe PLAN (Swapo se gewapende v… — Johan Le Grange